Recipe

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• 5 lbs black cherries
• 10 black plums (5 ripe
• 5 cups sugar
• 4 tbsp rose water
• 2 tbsp red wine
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt

• 1 Pit all the fruit (plan a couple of hours or enlist friends/family in helping!) into a non reactive bowl, along with the salt, sugar, rosewater, spices and wine.
• 2 Let sit overnight.
• 3 Simmer the mixture for 40 minutes,
• 4 skimming the foam off the top.
• 5 spoon into jars, this made 7 pints for me.
• 6 steam process for 10 minutes.